I’ve given up on using iCloud Drive, despite having Apple everything, because I find the sync so unreliable and undebuggable. I never had any issues like this with OneDrive or Dropbox.
And then on Tuesday it all works instantaneously and perfectly.
But then Wednesday it stops entirely again.
It honestly baffles me, what possible architecture choice could explain its erratic behavior.
And it baffles me just as much that they've never fixed it.
Whereas Dropbox and Google Drive for Desktop have always worked great.
The google drive for Mac crashes a lot, and no matter how I adjust the settings often refuses to download the full remote system unless I click on the cloud icon next to the file name. They really want you to use a web browser, which I don’t like to do (prefer native apps, thanks).
Dropbox seems to have gotten it right, it seems. I guess that’s why they’re still in business even though their business is built around a feature, not otherwise a product.
That criticism never made sense to me, especially from Steve Jobs, as a moderate sized team putting their all into an excellent product will be competitive against a larger team putting in a half-hearted effort. As he himself demonstrated.
They only survive at all bc so many competitive alternatives can’t be bothered to invest in doing a good job.
Of course if they slip and only start putting in a 1.5x effort or something then they won't be competitive.